 For the first time in history two sets of brothers competed against each other.David Livingston (Oxford) raced against his older brother James, and a last minute call up for Ben Smith (who joined the Cambridge Blue Boat from Goldie hours before the race after the original crew member was injured) meant that he competed against his brother Matthew, the Oxford president.Having concentrated his efforts on the Olympics in 2004, Bourne-Taylor returned to Oxford for one final race, this time as President of the Oxford University Boat Club.